Toy.



n surprise and create UNE CHARLES G.y HnLLsTRonfoF HARTIoaucoNNEoTIeUT.

TOY.

To all whom 'it may concern: l

Be it known that I, CHARLES G. HELL- s'rnon'n a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, hauve invented a new and useful Toy, of which theI following is aspecification.

ThisA invention relatesto a tov made in thc form .of an animal which is provided wlth means for causing it to leap from the floor.

The objectl of the invention is to provide la toy of this nature which is very cheap to4 make, simple to set and which 4leaps vigorously .immediately after or lat some vtime after it has been set, depending upon the adjustment 'of the parts,'whereby it will cause amusement.

.l Theembodilneiit ofthe invention illustrated bythe drawings has a light shell iliade 'l 1n the form of. afrog anni provided with a jumpingl spring which 'is temporarily engaged wlth a cushioned spring-catch that re-. Aleases the jumping sp1-mg slowly and thereby 25 prolonge the lntervalbetween the .time the jumping spring is set andis released bythe yielding of the spring catch and causes the frog to jump'. i Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings shows a plan of the frog with the sln'ing setv 1n position to cause it to jump;` Fig. 2' is a bottom View with the parts inthe salnerela.- tion. Fig; 3 is a centrallongitudinal section of the saine with th'evsprrng setas before jumping,'and Figxl is a similar section with the parts in the positions occupied after jumping.

The body 1 of the toy which 'is shown is stamped in the shape of a crouched frog from thin sheet metal such asaluminurn, brass, tin or iron.- This shell, which may' of course be made of other`material, and in the form of somel other animal, may be left plain or may` be'- painted or otherwise colored andbrnameinted" according to taste. Secured in the shell preferably by rivets -is a strip 2 ot' steel or otherv spring :metal which has its `front anthrax-ved downwardly and "baelnvai-dly. The front end oithis strip which lies beneath the head is preferably folded so as to form a pocket 43 and in this pocket is placedv av cushionjl which is preferably formed of rubber, but which may beformed of other resilient or elastic material. Beneath `the pocketalug 5is bentover from the edge of the strip toform a catch which may be used n Specification of Letters Patent. Application tiled April 10, 1908. Serial No. 426,271.

Patented sept. 2a, 1.908.

to hold the throwing spring while the device is packed or being carried about.

The rear end of the spring beneath the tail of the animal has a pair of wings 6 folded over so as to secure the`ends T of the throwing spring which is preferably formed of stili' steel wire, known as piano wire. Portions of this spring near the ends are wound to form the spiral coils S which are used to throw the loop 9 and cause the animal to jlunpz ln making this device thc. loop is first formed from the center of the wire and then the coils are wound near the ends after which the ends are placed beneath and securely clamped by the wings on the rear end of the strip:I j l In using the device the loop of the spring is bent forwardly and its end bar 10 passed beneath and engaged with the underside of end of the spring strip. This bar, owing soF for instance such as I to the force ,of the spring is indented into the rubber forming the cushion of the catch in such manner that it disengages itself very slowly, and when the `loop does disengagc itself the springs throw it down and rearwardly in such manner as to cause the body of the animal to he thrown high above the floor or other surface' on which itl is placed. The time interval with which the loop disengages itself from the cushioned catch depends to a large extent on the distance the end bar of the loopis engaged with the rubber cushion of the catch, that is, if it is engaged near the free end of the rubber, the loop' will be disengaged almost immediately, but if *it is engaged further alongthe rubber it takes considerably more time for the looptodisengage itself. lf it is deslred, the time may be variedby bending down or opening out the bend of the spring strip which holds. the cushion. By thls means the time with which the loop will disp engage itself from the cushion may be varied from say a second to ten minutes, but when it `does dsengage itself and the spring throws the loop dowmvardly and backwardly the animal is jumped up into the air to a height of six feet.

The invention claimedv is:

1. A toy having a body, a throwing spring attached to the underside of the body at one end, a loop-connected with and adapted to be thrown by the spring, an adjustable tinger attached to the underside of and pro- .rarily hold the loop,

jecting downward from the body at the other end, and an elastic catch cushion atteched to the free .end of the linger and. adapted to be engaged by and to tempo` substantially as specified.

2. A toy having a Shell-like body, a. strip l attached to the underside of the body, one

end of the strip being benttto form aV spring catch, an elastic cushion held by the catch, a Spiral .Spring held by the other end of the strip and a loop extending from the spring baekwardly and adapted to be bent forwardly and engaged with the el astio cushion held by the spring catch, substantially as specified. 

